The Vindication of Miss Duval
She crossed an ocean to escape a scandal. He crossed it to make certain she could not.
Camille Duval came to London determined to begin again.
After breaking an engagement that should have secured her place in New Orleans society, she has endured whispers, judgment, and the suggestion that perhaps she simply misunderstood the man she refused to marry. Under the protection of the Westmeres, London offers something she has rarely possessed before: the freedom to decide what she wants for herself.
And, unexpectedly, it offers Lord Ashford.
Reserved, observant, and frustratingly difficult to impress, Ashford does something Camille has learned not to take for granted-he listens. He does not demand explanations she has not offered. He does not treat curiosity as entitlement. And the closer they become, the more Camille begins to believe that affection might not require surrendering pieces of herself.
Then Adrien Dubois arrives in England.
Adrien has not come to apologize. He has come to correct the story.
Certain Camille's rejection was an emotional mistake rather than a choice, he intends to restore his reputation, reclaim control of the narrative, and convince London that the accusations against him were little more than the judgment of an impulsive young woman.
But Camille is no longer willing to remain silent simply to preserve someone else's respectability.
Some scandals destroy reputations.
Others reveal exactly who deserved one.
The Vindication of Miss Duval is Book Two of the Crescent City Belles, a historical romance series about friendship, society, second chances, and women learning that the lives chosen for them do not have to be the lives they keep.
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